MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MA — Samantha Palermo, of Wilmington, recently graduated from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University during its 37th commencement ceremony on May 19. Palermo was one of 157 students, whose studies varied from veterinary medicine to the intersection of animals and public policy, to infectious disease and global health.
Across all schools at Tufts University, more than 3,500 graduate and undergraduate students were awarded degrees during the university’s annual commencement, which featured an address by award-winning actress and activist Alfre Woodard.
Founded in 1978 in North Grafton, Mass., Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University is internationally esteemed for academic programs that impact society and the practice of veterinary medicine; seven teaching hospitals and clinics that combined log more than 100,000 animal cases each year; and groundbreaking research that benefits animal, human, and environmental health.
(NOTE: The above announcement is from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine via Merit.)
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